Armed assailants opened fire in a nightclub in central Mexico in the early hours of Saturday, leaving at least 15 people dead and three others ...
GUANAJUATO, Mexico: Armed assailants opened fire in a nightclub in central Mexico in the early hours of Saturday , leaving at least 15 people dead and three others wounded, prosecutors said.
The attack occurred just hours after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made a working visit to Guanajuato, where he spoke on Friday about his strategy for putting a stop to fuel theft."We are fighting to bring peace to the country," he told reporters.Salamanca is home to about 140,000 people. The main pipeline of state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos in Guanajuato state runs through the city.
But the strategy -- which included the closing of pipelines from which most of the country's fuel is transported -- has caused a backlash, especially when it led to severe gasoline shortages.The market for stolen fuel has also unleashed a turf war between rival gangs, similar to that seen between drug cartels.
Some now say the violence associated with fuel theft is as serious as that stemming from the drug trade.
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